New 4870, I can hear windows load but nothing on screen...

[sanofi]

So theres no chance of it being the ageia physx drivers causing the problem?

I had worried about the PSU beforehand, on this Hiper 580W Type R I'm running:

8200 C2D at 3.36Ghz
x2 1Gb DDR2 (upped in voltage by 0.2V)
3 SATA HDD
DVD drive
4870
Audigy 2ZS
PCI ethernet card
Freezer 7 Pro
x2 120mm case fans

 

[RobertN]

doubt it mate bios is the most basic level drivers software dont come into it if you dont even get a boot screen it is usually hardware related

try running with minimal stuff plugged in eg hard drive video card see if that helps

 

[sanofi]

If the physx drivers didn't affect it then it must have been increasing the PCI-E voltage but 0.1V that let me boot into Windows.

Is it going to be an issue to run it like this? At least while I look into getting a better PSU.

 

[chaosophy]

Have you tried changing the PCI-E speed in BIOS? Any other BIOS settings that may be trying to o/c the PCI-E or GFX? Might be worth writing down your BIOS settings, resetting to defaults and then slowly move back to where you are now to see what affects it. Also un-hook any non-essential h/w to reduce power reqs.

Though there may still be a problem with it, it at least sounds now that it's not that the GFX card is totally borked.

 

[Jakus]

But the card doesn't work thats the thing, right from pressing the power button, nothing displays on the screen, it stays in standby mode and only reason I can tell that windows has loaded to the login screen is that I can hear the sound that Vista makes but there is still nothing on the screen.

Sorry, I did not read Your question very well did I ?

There are apparently some led's on the 4870 somewhere near the power connector, It may be worth looking for any info on fault codes

The other thing I would try is to see if the card runs in another PC, even with a weak power supply You would think basic 3d loads should be OK

 

[sanofi]

Sorry, I did not read Your question very well did I ?

There are apparently some led's on the 4870 somewhere near the power connector, It may be worth looking for any info on fault codes

The other thing I would try is to see if the card runs in another PC, even with a weak power supply You would think basic 3d loads should be OK

It is working now after I increased the PCI-E voltage in BIOS by 0.1V.

 

[Jakus]

It is working now after I increased the PCI-E voltage in BIOS by 0.1V.

Well I've not had a motherboard with PCI-E voltage adjustmemts, I remember on a board Years ago there was a "vddq" setting I recall it upped the signal control voltage to the card, I assume thats what Your setting did basically to overcome signal noise !
As Long as Your up and running...enjoy the Card

 

[Metalface Mark]

Had the same problem with my 4870 today when i got it.

Had to knock my overclocking down to get it working.

 

[mmorpheus1]

Mine did that first time i fired it up , i just unplugged the monitor cable from the card and pluged it into the other output and the display came on

i installed the drivers , re-booted and its been ok since, system and gfx card is overclocked and i increased the pcie frequency to 105 , it said on the ati site that that was the optimal operating frequency

 

[aslco]

I just installed my 4870, from an 8800GT. I uninstalled all the drivers and ran Driver Sweeper and Driver Cleaner as well as CCleaner but when I boot with the 4870, the fan stays on max all the time and the screen stays in standby mode.

The strange things is, the PC is booting and I can hear the Vista loading sound.

I hope this isn't a dead card

Any ideas?

press control alt+delete and it loads, worked for me